Another gent up here is building a SeaRey, and while I started my build with the wings he started his with the fuselage. It's working out well because I'll be able to advise him about wings and he's been able to advise me about the fuselage.
This morning we traded a couple emails about the fuel tank and he asked if I had received the correct size barbs for the feed and vent lines? I frantically jumped off the couch and checked my tank, all 3 barbs were 3/8" when 2 of them should have been 1/4", I plain missed it in the instructions.
Luckily my local hardware store had the correct size barbs and with a few minutes work (and a lot of cussing myself out for getting careless) I had the correct ones in place. If you're building a SeaRey the 3/8" opening is in the Feed Line, the 1/4" attach to the sump and vent openings.
But if you thought it was cold outside...
It was almost as cold inside.
But I still managed to get the upper front fuel tank angle attached. Gotta wait for the tank sealant to dry now so I called it a day.
This morning we traded a couple emails about the fuel tank and he asked if I had received the correct size barbs for the feed and vent lines? I frantically jumped off the couch and checked my tank, all 3 barbs were 3/8" when 2 of them should have been 1/4", I plain missed it in the instructions.
Luckily my local hardware store had the correct size barbs and with a few minutes work (and a lot of cussing myself out for getting careless) I had the correct ones in place. If you're building a SeaRey the 3/8" opening is in the Feed Line, the 1/4" attach to the sump and vent openings.
But if you thought it was cold outside...
It was almost as cold inside.
But I still managed to get the upper front fuel tank angle attached. Gotta wait for the tank sealant to dry now so I called it a day.
